Tag Archives: global health

Great interview by Gene Quinn with Erik Iverson, Associate General Counsel with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A summary article is on BIOtech Now and the full interview can be found on IPWatchdog.com. Highlights: Iverson told me in no uncertain terms, “[A] fundamental premise at the foundation is that we absolutely respect intellectual property rights. We recognize their importance and we certainly recognize the importance of companies and their involvement in developing products and having Read More >

A great article from IPWatchdog.com giving Joe Allen’s (a Birch Bayh staffer) insider perspective on the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Article’s Introduction: William Shakespeare once wrote: There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. See Julius Caesar. We caught the tide– but just barely. That the Bayh-Dole Act passed was amazing. Read More >

In case you missed it, on September 20 the United States Patent Office issued a request for comments on incentivizing humanitarian technologies and licensing through the intellectual property system. The USPTO is trying to incentivize humanitarian technologies by creating a “fast-track ex parte reexamination voucher pilot program.” The program will give priority to humanitarian technology patents shortening the review process to six months. The USPTO also hopes the program will reduce costs for humanitarian technology Read More >